C3 News

The 6th Annual LGMD Awareness Day is Coming Up!

September is Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month and on September 30 we will be celebrating the 6th annual LGMD Awareness Day worldwide! You can help C3 raise awareness for LGMD in your community and through social media. Today we are proud

Care Questionnaire Study for the LGMDs – Your help is needed!

The following is being shared on behalf of Lindsay Alfano, PT, DPT, PCS, Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The goal of the “Care Questionnaire Study for the LGMDs” is to understand current care practices for diagnosis and management of care for individuals

Attention Healthcare Professionals: Virtual TREAT-NMD LGMD Masterclass To Be Held September 23-24, 2020

Applications have now opened for the 1st TREAT-NMD Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Masterclass. The masterclass will now be an e-learning event, with more details to follow soon. The event will take place on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th September 2020 and feature sessions

Notes from 23rd annual meeting of the American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy

The American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) annual meeting kicked off on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Due to COVID-19, the meeting was held virtually. This meeting covers the field’s latest and most innovative science across all diseases and

May 20 is Clinical Trials Day

Clinical Trials Day occurs every year on May 20 to recognize the people who conduct clinical research trials and to provide an opportunity to raise awareness of clinical trials. This date was chosen to commemorate the day that James Lind

COVID-19 Resources for the LGMD2A/R1 Community

Like many across the world, we at C3 are staying home to protect ourselves and others during the COVID-19 pandemic. While working from home, we continue to advance our mission of supporting research to find a cure for LGMD2A/R1. The

Dr. Timothy Dalton Spins for a Cure!

We are grateful to Dr. Timothy Dalton for generously donating his winnings of $7,700 from his March 2, 2020 appearance on the popular television game show “Wheel of Fortune” to C3! As a non-profit organization dedicated to funding research efforts

C3 Grant Awardee Featured in LGMD Awareness Day Spotlight Interview

Coalition to Cure Calpain 3 (C3) has recently awarded a research grant to Dr. Antoine Dufour. The project, titled ‘Unbiased Systems-wide Investigation of Calpain 3 in Patients with LGMD2A/R1 Using Mass Spectrometry,’ aims to better understand the biological role of

Dufour Lab to investigate the biological role of calpain 3 in muscle

Coalition to Cure Calpain 3 (C3) is celebrating the New Year with a new research grant! We are pleased to announce a grant has been awarded to Dr. Antoine Dufour, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of

Plasmid-mediated Gene Therapy Shows Promise for LGMD2A/R1 Patients

PUBLISHED RESEARCH ALERT: Plasmid-Mediated Gene Therapy in Mouse Models of LGMD Coalition to Cure Calpain 3 (C3) is pleased to announce the publication of a new research paper from the group of Dr. Michele Calos, Stanford University School of Medicine.